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An Ivorian official said the situation was under control Monday following a deadly attack on a military base in the Ivory Coast commercial capital Abidjan.
Political marginalization and simmering rivalries in Ivory Coast suggest Sunday's parliamentary elections could lead to renewed violence, an analysis concluded.
The United Nations is committed to providing the Ivory Coast with the assistance it needs for national legislative elections in December, an official said.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara kept Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, a holdover from the previous administration, in his new Cabinet, the government said.
Almost 200 people were killed last week by Ivorian militias and Liberian mercenaries loyal to the former Ivorian president, the Ivorian government said.
The time is "ripe" for an offensive to oust Laurent Gbagbo, said the prime minister for Allasane Ouattara, Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president.
The United Nations and the African Union have selected a mediator to bring together warring sides and end the violent conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Ivory Coast officials estimate it will take several months to disarm thousands of soldiers who fought in the country's 5-year-old civil war.
Opposing leaders in the Ivory Coast met ceremonially to signal a new era of peace despite reoccurring violence in the African nation, it was reported Monday. President Laurent Gbagbo and Prime Minister Guillaume Soro burned a small pile of weapons to symb
Ivory Coast Prime Minister Guillaume Soro Thursday proposed a high-profile weapons burning ceremony to cut violence in the north of his nation.
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